"Ancestrees"

Henry COATE ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12}

  General Notes:

Henry Coat bought 260 acres in 1733 from Robert Willson (grandfather-in-law or brother-in-law). He purchased land in the southwest corner of Readings line in 1735, Hunterdon Co., NJ, north of the Assanpink River (originally the township of Hopewell) from William Biles. Henry also bought land from Thomas Canby in 1735 which he sold in 1741 to Derrick Hoagland. (C-1,46, 2110) He was listed as of Amwell Twp. in 1738 when he voted for John Emley and Benjamin Smith in the voting records for Hunterdon Co., NJ. A Jno. Coate was a candidate, but obviously Henry did not vote for him. (C-1824) He is listed as a freeholder who owned at least 50 acres or a house and 3 acres or more, living in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ in 1741. (C-294)

His known first marriage was between he and Esther Wilson. They declared their first intention to marry on Mar 6, 1731 in the Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, NJ. He was supposedly from Buckingham, PA at the time. After Esther died, one source says he took leave to marry in 1751 in Chesterfield MM, Burlington Co., NJ. (C-199) The Kingwood M.M. records state that a Henry Coate married on 8/13/1752. Neither of these Quaker records list his spouse which is quite unusual in these listings. We are not certain if it applies to Henry himself or a son or nephew named Henry. A Henry and wife are supposedly listed as moving from Kingwood MM about the same time as this Henry, and 3 of his sons move to the New Garden MM.

In 1757 our Henry moved to New Garden MM, Rowan and Guilford Counties, North Carolina from Kingwood MM, NJ. His certificate of removal from Kingswood to New Garden MM, NC is dated 14th, 7mo 1757 and lists himself and sons Marmaduke, James and John. (C-46b) He is on the list of Taxable Persons in Rowan Co., NC in 1759 along with James and William Coats. Henry is listed with 2 Poles over age 16 (likely referrring to his 2 youngest sons.) He should not be confused with a Henry purchasing land in this same time period in Virginia who bought 200 acres between 1756-1761. (C-1037, 1498)

"There were many complaints at New Garden MM against Henry & his sons, James & Marmaduke & sometime before 1764, James & Marmaduke left (without asking for a certificate of removal for which they were disowned.) Henry was actually dismissed from New Garden on 7/25/1761. Sons Marmaduke and James were not dismissed until 4/29/1769. (C-1497)

Henry then moved to Newberry, South Carolina. Our Henry purchased 200 acres on July 29, 1765 on Scotch Creek in Berkely Co., SC, a year before William purchased land on Scotts Creek supporting the theory he and William were brothers. Henry's witness when he purchased land included William (brother) and James (son or nephew) Coate. (C-891, 912) This land adjoined Benjamin Pearson of Bush River, Ninety Six District, SC as stated in Benjamin's will on Dec. 10, 1784. He was referred to as the late Henry Coates in this will. Near neighbors were also the late Hugh Creightons and John Brooks. The purchase of 200 acres indicates that there were 3 persons in his household at the time, with no acres allowed to be for by any children over age 15. (C-1699, 1700)

There were several other land transactions, any or all of which could be his purchases. A Henry Coats obtained 150 acres on Dec. 6 1768 and May 16, 1769 in what was then Berkley (now Newberry?), South Carolina. His neighbors were Richard Griffin, Jno Caldwell, John Delany and James Cook. A Henry had land on Mudlick Creek, Craven Co. in 1770 when Ann Hagen purchased land adjoining it. Their neighbors were Richard North , William O'neal, and Anthony Griffin. (C-1411, 1835) (C-1404) Lastly, a Henry obtained 100 acres on May 18, 1773 in Berkley on the waters of the Saludy bounded by vacant land. His son Marmaduke owned land in Berkley. His son "Little John" owned land within 2 miles of brother, Marmaduke. His son, James, could be involved in the following purchases. A James bought 150 acres on Dec. 3, 1771 and 250 acres on May 4, 1772 in Berkley.

Henry's estate is probated in 96 District, South Carolina, June 11, 1784. It was administered by John Coate, Benjamin Pearson, George Powell, and bound to John Thomas Jr. for 2000 pounds in the 96th District. Henry Coate was of Bush River in this record. His inventory was made on Aug. 10, 1784 by Samuel Kelly, Hugh Creighton, and Benjamin Pearson. He had a very small estate inventory and sale. Buyers were Joseph Campbel, one cow and calf, 1 old loom, 1 horse, and 1 trunk; John Man, 1 mare; Henry Coate, 1 mare; John Coate, 1 razor hone?, 1 tract of 200 acrs of land. John Coate, Benjamin Pearson and George Powell put up two thousand pounds sterling to ensure that the estate of Henry Coate, deceased would be distributed properly on June 11, 1784. It is housed at the Abbeville Courthouse, in Abbeville, South Carolina. (Box 21- pack 48 and 487)

This is the pattern of his life, but a new monkey wrench has just been thrown into the works with 2nd hand sources available on the web. A few members of the Newbold family believe that Michael Newbold, b. 1706 in Burlington Co., NJ was married secondly to Henry Coates' wife, Esther Wilson, after Henry died in New Jersey, sometime around 1855. So far no verification has been found other than the fact that Michael's will of 1763 gives his wife's name as Esther. If it should prove to be Esther Willson Coate married to Michael Newbold, it would indicate that the Henry who moved from the Kingwood M.M. in New Jersey in 1857 to North Carolina with sons Marmaduke, James and John was a different Henry than this one. ^{12 13}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Probate, 6/11/1784, , 96th District, SC, USA. He apparently died without a will as he had an intestate
administration on June 11, 1784 in Old Cambridge, part of 96 District, SC, now at Abbeville Court House, S.C. (C-253c)

"COATES, HENRY - Box 21 Pkg 487
Est. Adm. June 11, 1784 by Jno. Coate, Benjamin Pearson, Geo. Powell, bound to John Thomas Jr. Ord 96 Dist. sum 2,000 lbs. Henry Coate was of Bush River, Inv. made Aug. 10, 1784 by Saml. Kelly, Hugh Creighton, Benjamin Pearson. Byrs Henry, Jno. Coate, etc."

Henry married Esther WILLSON, daughter of Samuel I WILLSON and Hester (Esther) OVERTON, 04d 3mo 1731 in Chesterfield M.M., Burlington, NJ.¹ (Esther WILLSON was born on 8/8/1711 in Chesterfield Twp., Burlington Co, NJ, USA ¹⁴ and died before 1757 ^{4 15}.)

  Marriage Notes:

or Mar 6, 1730/31. (An exact transposition of dates if written in number order).